Friday, August 11, 2017

CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 08/11/2017

By Stephen Frank on Aug 10, 2017 08:51 pmIt is very sad to watch a public figure meltdown and destroy their future. It is even sadder to watch the public figure use the last remnants of his power to create a scorched Earth policy, killing all those around him and those he considers his enemies. GOP Assembly Leader Chad Mayes has no one […]

By Stephen Frank on Aug 10, 2017 08:48 pmI bet you did not know that Jerry Brown is SUING you. Yes, he is suing all 38 million Californians. He wants a boondoggle to pay off his union friends and crony capitalist—while killing off farms and adding to the cost of water. Since the legislature won’t help him and he can not pass a […]

By Stephen Frank on Aug 10, 2017 08:46 pmRevenues to Sacramento are down this year. They were down and lower than expected last year. Money spent, was higher than expected and there are no cutbacks this year. The full General Fund budget and “off budget” spending will come close to $250 billion—revenues will come no where near that. CalPERS and CalSTRS are forcing […]

By Stephen Frank on Aug 10, 2017 08:37 pmUnions do not know how to lose fair elections. They do not know how to lose a close election or one where they lost by 2-1. Unions have all the money they need—stolen from workers—to finance lawsuits and legal challenges, with no need to worry that they might have to pay the companies legal fees—or […]

By Stephen Frank on Aug 10, 2017 08:35 pmRetirees in a small Northern California town (population of 862) thought they have a CalPERS pension. They paid into it, the town paid into it. Yet when the town decided to drop out of the system those already retired had 60% of their pension check cut. This is theft—the extortion by CalPERS of Loyalton, to […]

By Stephen Frank on Aug 10, 2017 08:32 pmLos Angeles is a bankrupt city—both fiscally and morally. It uses bogus tickets against pedestrians to make a few extra bucks. “The current jaywalking law was written when flashing red signals alone were instituted and does not reflect modern crossing signals, which include a countdown, according to Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, a Democrat from Los Angeles […]

By Stephen Frank on Aug 10, 2017 08:29 pmLook at your city or county budget. You will note a line item showing revenues from traffic tickets—some tons fiddle with signs and lights in order to maximize fines. They raise the fine rate to get more revenue. But, if you have a self driving car that revenue is gone. On the other side of […]

By Stephen Frank on Aug 10, 2017 08:26 pm CalTrain has been using the money from the people of Maine, to make sure the people of California subsidize a money losing train service. The poor from Southern California pay taxes so the rich can have subsidized train rides in the Bay Area. Do you really think even the rich would pay the full […]

By Stephen Frank on Aug 10, 2017 08:24 pmWhen you are on the Board of a pension system, you have just one responsibility, that is to the retirees and future retirees of the system. No, not to Al Gore, not to CNN, not to junk scientists looking for a government grant handout—you have a fiscal responsibility to the people of California and the […]

By Stephen Frank on Aug 10, 2017 08:22 pmVote fraud is real. Absentee ballots sent by non-existent apartments, thousands of phony registrations in Virginia and Indiana. California Secretary of State refusing to turn over voter rolls to national commission..why? Because if he di they would be able to use data bases to prove how many illegal aliens are on our voting rolls. Now […]